Proverbs 13:25

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Summary

Proverbs 13:25

The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

Righteous

The belly

General references

Psalm 37:16

Bible References

Righteous

The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;
But they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any good thing.

Trust in the Lord and do good;

Dwell in the land and

cultivate faithfulness.

for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,”

The belly

Your poverty will come in like a vagabond

And your need like an armed man.

Then your poverty will come as a robber
And your want like an armed man.

therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things; and He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

‘They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by plague

And bitter destruction;

And the teeth of beasts I will send upon them,

With the venom of crawling things of the dust.

Therefore, thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry.
Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty.
Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.

General references

Better is the little of the righteous

Than the abundance of many wicked.